early printed books

Joseph Glanvill’s Saducismus Triumphatus is a seventeenth century book on witchcraft and the supernatural. Glanvill’s book is primarily an argument in favor of his belief that witchcraft was a real and dangerous threat. Although witchcraft trials continued to occur throughout… Continue Reading →

Special Collections recently acquired a copy of Edward Topsell’s (1572-1625?) Historie of Fovre-Footed Beastes (1607), which is bound together with Topsell’s companion work, The Historie of Serpents (1608). These were the first major books on animals printed in England in… Continue Reading →

Librarians from Special Collections participated in the 2013 Library Open House August 26 as part of the 1742 Welcome Days. Maureen Cech, Alex Johnston, and Jaime Margalotti welcomed UD’s newest students with an overview of collection holdings and a few… Continue Reading →